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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Caerphilly County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,519 approved · 1,744 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Apr 2011 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Unit 4 Heads Of The Valleys Industrial Estate Rhymney
Received 31 Aug 202310 Millbrook Road Springfield Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2AH
Received 1 Sept 202341 Tir-berllan Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0GZ
Received 31 Aug 2023Land At Pentwyngwyn Stables Pentwyngwyn Road Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DG
Received 4 Sept 2023Rogers Estate Coffee Unit P - Q Trecenydd Business Park Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2RZ
Received 4 Sept 2023Amenity Area Lewis Lewis Avenue Blackwood
Received 21 Sept 2023Land At Grid Ref 318132 189100 Navigation Street Trethomas
Received 5 Sept 2023Cil Lonydd Farm Abercarn Mountain Road Hafodyrynys
Received 31 Aug 202328 Gladstone Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PA
Received 5 Sept 202316 Darren Close Porset Caerphilly CF83 3BZ
Received 6 Sept 202317 Broomfield Street Caerphilly CF83 1FY
Received 30 Aug 2023Willmayn Gilboa Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4NN
Received 31 Aug 202310 Caerbragdy Caerphilly CF83 3AL
Received 6 Sept 20237 Islwyn Street Abercarn Newport NP11 4SR
Received 7 Sept 2023Land At Mynydd Maen & Mynydd Llwyd Common Abercarn Mountain Road Abercarn
Received 4 Jul 2023Braithwaite Engineers Ltd Rowecord Building Commercial Street Newport Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6EY
Received 7 Sept 2023Bedwen Arian King's Hill Hengoed CF82 7NH
Received 8 Sept 2023Austin Grange Maes Glas South Ul Caerphilly CF83 1LN
Received 8 Sept 2023To Me To You - Removals Blackbrook Road Caerphilly
Received 11 Sept 2023Newgale House 45 Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HH
Received 11 Sept 2023Penywaun Farm Rhydri Primary School To Maenllwyd Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DF
Received 11 Sept 2023Gelliargwellt Uchaf Farm Gelligaer Road Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FY
Received 12 Sept 2023Gelliargwellt Uchaf Farm Gelligaer Road Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FY
Received 12 Sept 2023224 Bedwas Road Caerphilly CF83 3AW
Received 12 Sept 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Caerphilly County Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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